The growing visibility of the social economy has raised certain questions within labour
organisations as well as within traditional private sector institutions that sometimes
perceive the social economy as a potential competitor with public or private enterprise.
Let me take a few minutes to respond to these concerns. The social economy positions
itself as a third form of enterprise within a pluralist economy. The concept of the
pluralist economy recognises specific and complementary roles for public, private and
collective enterprise. The social economy does not position itself in opposition to the
public or private sector. It does not aim to replace public services; on the contrary, in
most countries social economy actors work in close collaboration with the labour
movement to defend public enterprise and public services. Nor does it position itself as
the poor cousin of private enterprise or as a tool to clean up the social and
environmental consequences of an unbridled and under-regulated market. Social
economy enterprises contribute to job creation, to the creation of new services, to
regional and local development strategies and to environmental concerns. They
represent a form of enterprise development that places social, environmental or cultural
missions at the center of the process of wealth creation. They extend the notion of
collective interest beyond direct government intervention and reinforce the capacity of
civil society to respond to collective needs, including the need for decent work, in a
wide variety of economic sectors. They offer an opportunity to respond to new social or
environment needs that should not be considered market commodities, by combining
public, private and voluntary resources within an entrepreneurial approach to
development
The growing visibility of the social economy has raised certain questions within labour organisations as well as within traditional private sector institutions that sometimes perceive the social economy as a potential competitor with public or private enterprise. Let me take a few minutes to respond to these concerns. The social economy positions itself as a third form of enterprise within a pluralist economy. The concept of the pluralist economy recognises specific and complementary roles for public, private and collective enterprise. The social economy does not position itself in opposition to the public or private sector. It does not aim to replace public services; on the contrary, in most countries social economy actors work in close collaboration with the labour movement to defend public enterprise and public services. Nor does it position itself as the poor cousin of private enterprise or as a tool to clean up the social and environmental consequences of an unbridled and under-regulated market. Social economy enterprises contribute to job creation, to the creation of new services, to regional and local development strategies and to environmental concerns. They represent a form of enterprise development that places social, environmental or cultural missions at the center of the process of wealth creation. They extend the notion of collective interest beyond direct government intervention and reinforce the capacity of civil society to respond to collective needs, including the need for decent work, in a
wide variety of economic sectors. They offer an opportunity to respond to new social or
environment needs that should not be considered market commodities, by combining
public, private and voluntary resources within an entrepreneurial approach to
development
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